The PLAYSTATION 3, PlayStation 3 or PS3, is Sony's latest gaming console, successor to the PlayStation 2, released on November 11, 2006 in Japan, and November 17, 2006 in North America. The PlayStation 3 is the predecessor of the PlayStation 4, scheduled for release in "Holiday 2013".

It features a hard drive (20GB, 40GB, 60GB, 80GB 120GB, 160GB, or 250GB depending on the model), much improved CPU, easy hard drive expansion, high definition graphics, advanced online gaming capabilities, blu-ray media, wireless "SIXAXIS" or "DUALSHOCK 3" controllers, interaction with a PlayStation Portable (PSP) system through Wi-Fi and much more. It is also the only current-generation console to offer region-free games.